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Quarryville

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021712
MRDS ID DE01098
Record type Site
Current site name Quarryville

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.59152, 41.26417 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Unionville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rondout(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1969)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Martinsburg Formation
    Rock description Martinsburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Beekmantown Group, Lower Part
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Dip GENERALLY HORIZONTAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward J. Nowicki
    Home office Rd. 1, Box 150 Sussex, Nj. 07461

Comments on development

  • BY 1908 QUARRIES WERE WORKED ONLY OCCASIONALLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEWIS, J.V., 1909. BUILDING STONES OF NJ, IN ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1908.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS OF GRAY TO GRAYIS BLACK SANDSTONE AND SHALE; BEDS FROM <2 INCHES TO 2.5 FEET THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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